1929 in paleontology

none 1929 paleontology science 1929 Plants Ferns and fern allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAsplenium occidentaleBerry E.W. 1929 A revision of the flora of the Latah Formation USGS Professional Paper Series PP 154-H 225–265 10.3133/pp154H https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0154h/report.pdfSp novJr synonymBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationUSAWashingtonA spleenwort species.A jr homonym of Asplenium occidentale Knowlton (1917)Moved to Osmunda occidentale (1940)thumb|center|upright|Osmunda occidentaleWoodsia bonseriSp novBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationUSAWashingtonA woodsia fern species.thumb|center|upright|Woodsia bonseriWoodwardia praeradicansSp novBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationUSAWashingtonA chain fern species.thumb|center|upright|Woodwardia praeradicans Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPinus latahensisSp novValidBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonA 5-needle pine speciesthumb|center|upright|Pinus latahensisPinus macrophyllaSp novHomonymBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonA 3-needle pine species. Jr homonym of Pinus macrophylla Lindley, 1839thumb|center|upright|Pinus macrophyllaPinus monticolensisSp novValidBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonA pine seed morphospeciesthumb|center|upright|Pinus monticolensisPinus tetrafoliaSp novnomen dubiumBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonA punitive 4-needle pine speciesNoted by Berry as "highly improbable that this should represent a distinct botanic species"thumb|center|upright|Pinus tetrafoliaTsuga latahensisSp novValid?BerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst described as a hemlock conescale.Berry E.W. 1932 A Miocene flora from Grand Coulee, Washington Shorter contributions to general geology, 1931 Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 10.3133/pp170C free 170-C 31–42Suggested to be a bud scale in 1937.Brown R. W. 1937 Additions to some fossil floras of the Western United States Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 186 163–206 10.3133/pp186J https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0186j/report.pdfTreated as an incertae sedis plant by Chaney & Axelrod (1959).Chaney R. Axelrod D. 1959 Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations, by Ralph W. Chaney and Daniel I. Axelrod Carnegie Institution of Washington 1–226uc1.c099384505 Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateauthumb|center|upright|Tsuga latahensis Angiosperms Monocots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit LocationSynonymized taxa Notes ImagesPotamogeton heterophylloidesSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA pondweed speciesMoved to Keteleeria heterophylloides (1935)Brown R. 1935 Miocene leaves, fruits, and seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Journal of Paleontology 9 572–587thumb|center|upright|Keteleeria heterophylloides Magnoliids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesLiriodendron hesperiaSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Liriodendron speciesthumb|center|upright|Liriodendron hesperiaSassafras hesperiaSp novBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonA Sassafras speciesthumb|center|upright|Sassafras hesperiaUmbellularia dayanaComb nov(Knowlton) BerryMioceneMascall Formation USAOregonAn Umbellularia speciesMoved from Salix dayana (1902)Synonymized into Umbellularia saliciformis (1952)LaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51thumb|center|upright|Umbellularia saliciformisUmbellularia lanceolataSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonAn Umbellularia specieslater moved to Persea lanceolata (1946)thumb|center|upright|Persea lanceolata Superasterids - basal Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesArctostaphylos knowltoniSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a bearberry speciesSpecies synonymized into Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)thumb|center|upright|Vaccinium sophoroidesArctostaphylos spatulataSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA bearberry speciesthumb|center|upright|Arctostaphylos spatulataCornus acuminataSp novHomonymBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonA Schoepfia speciesjr homonym of Cornus acuminata (Weber)Renamed Cornus republicensis in 1944Moved to Schoepfia republicensis in 1987thumb|center|upright|Schoepfia republicensisGordonia pteraformisBerry E.W. 1929 Gordonia from the Miocene of Idaho and Washington American Journal of Science 18 107 430 10.2475/ajs.s5-18.107.429 1929AmJS...18..429B Comb novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonSuggested as a possible Gordonia speciesMoved from Carpolithes pteraformis 1929Moved to Cedrela pteraformis (1935)thumb|center|upright|Cedrela pteraformisNyssa knowltoniSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Nyssa speciesSpecies synonymized into Ptelea miocenica (1931)thumb|center|upright|Ptelea miocenicaNyssa magnificaComb novvalid(Knowlton) BerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Nyssa species Moved from Carpites magnifica (1926)Knowlton F.H. 1926 Flora of the Latah Formation of Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Shorter contributions to general geology, 1925 Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 140 17–55, plates VIII-XXXI 10.3133/pp140A https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0140a/report.pdfthumb|center|upright|Nyssa magnificaTernstroemites idahoensisComb nov(Knowlton) BerryMiocenePayette Formation USAIdahoA theaceous speciesMoved from Myrica? idahoensis (1919)Moved to Gordonia idahoensis 1929Vaccinium americanumComb et Syn novvalid?(Lesquereux) BerryMioceneMascall Formation USAOregonSalix pseudoargentea (1902) Vaccinium salicoides (1926)A Vaccinium species Moved from Santalum americanum (1883) Two species synonymizedVaccinium salicoides resurrected as incertae sedis (1959)thumb|center|upright|Vaccinium salicoidesVaccinium bonseriSp et "var" novvalidBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Vaccinium species One variety named V. bonseri serrulatumthumb|center|upright|Vaccinium bonseriVaccinium spokanenseSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Vaccinium speciesthumb|center|upright|Salix spokanensis Superasterids - euasterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesApocynophyllum latahenseSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA apocynaceous species Moved to Magnolia latahensisthumb|center|upright|Magnolia latahensisPorana microcalyxComb novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonRedescribed as a Porana species Moved from Diospyros? microcalyx (1926)Moved to Remberella microcalyx (2024)Manchester S.R. Judd W.S. 2024 Remberella, a new genus of extinct ericalean flower from the Middle Miocene Latah flora of Washington and Idaho, USA Acta Palaeobotanica 64 2 413–421 10.35535/acpa-2024-0016 free thumb|center|upright|Remberella microcalyxUmbelliferospermumGen et Sp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonAn apiaceous fruit genusThe type species is U. latahensethumb|center|upright|Umbelliferospermum latahenseViburnum fernquistiSp novvalidBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Viburnum seed morphospeciesthumb|center|upright|Viburnum fernquistiViburnum lantanafoliumSp novvalidBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Viburnum leaf morphospeciesthumb|center|upright|Viburnum lantanafolium Superrosids - Basal Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesMenziesia knowltoniSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Menziesia speciesthumb|center|upright|Rhododendron knowltoniRibes fernquistiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a gooseberry speciesRenamed and moved to Viburnum ribesiforme (1944)thumb|center|upright|Viburnum ribesiforme Superrosids - Fabids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAlnus ellipticaSp novjr synonymBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation USAWashingtonAn alder species Synonymized into Alnus parvifolia (1987)Wolfe J.A. Wehr W.C. 1987 Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington Bulletin United States Geological Survey 1597 1–25 10.3133/b1597 free thumb|center|upright|Alnus parvifoliaAlnus prerhombifoliaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonAn alder speciesSynonymized into Alnus carpinoides (1937)Synonymized into Alnus hollandiana (1959)thumb|center|upright|Alnus hollandianaAmygdalus alexanderiBerry E.W. 1929 The genus Amygdalus in North America Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 19 2 41–43 24523498 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24523498Sp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as an Amygdalus species Synonymized into Fagus washoensis (1937)Cassia sophoroidesComb novjr synonym(Knowlton) BerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonRecombined as a Cassia species Moved from Phyllites sophoroides (1926)Moved to Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)thumb|center|upright|Vaccinium sophoroidesCassia spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a Cassia species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1935)thumb|center|upright|Cedrela pteraformisCelastrus spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a staff vine speciesSynonymized into Gordonia idahoensis (1959)thumb|center|upright|Gordonia idahoensisCercocarpus praeledifoliusSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA mountain mahogany speciesthumb|center|upright|Cercocarpus praeledifoliusComptonia hesperiaSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA sweet fern speciesthumb|center|upright|Comptonia hesperiaCucurbita glandulosaSp novjr synonymBrownEoceneYpresianGreen River FormationUnited States(Colorado)First identified as a gourd seed morphotype Moved to Punctaphyllum glandulosum in 2023Correa Narvaez J. E. Allen S. E. Huegele I. B. Manchester S. R. 2023 Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) [sic] from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance International Journal of Plant Sciences 184 3 177–200 10.1086/724018 Euonymus knowltoniSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Euonymus speciesthumb|center|upright|Hydrangea knowltoniHibiscus? occidentalisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a possible Hibiscus seed speciesMoved to Mentzelia occidentalis (1935)thumb|center|upright|Mentzelia occidentalisLeguminosites alexanderiSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinitythumb|center|upright|Leguminosites alexanderiLeguminosites bonseriSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity Synonymized into Umbellularia dayana (1937)Synonymized into Umbellularia saliciformis (1952)thumb|center|upright|Umbellularia saliciformisMeibomites knowltoniSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a fabaceous species Synonymized into Exbucklandia oregonensis (1946)Brown R.W. 1946 Alterations in some fossil and living floras Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36 10 344–355thumb|center|upright|Exbucklandia oregonensisMenispermites latahensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a menispermaceous species Synonymized into Vitis washingtonensis (1937)thumb|center|upright|Vitis washingtonensisQuercus treleasiiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as an oak speciesSynonymized into Sophora spokanensis (1937)thumb|center|upright|Sophora spokanensisRhamnus spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a buckthorn speciesMoved to Salix spokanensis (1937)thumb|center|upright|Salix spokanensis Superrosids - Malvids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAesculus hesperiaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a horse chestnut speciesSynonymized into Viburnum lantanafolium (1937)thumb|center|upright|Viburnum lantanafoliumSapindus armstrongiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a soap berry speciesSynonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1937)thumb|center|upright|Cedrela pteraformisSapindus spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a soap berry species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1935)Tilia hesperiaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonA Tilia speciesSynonymized into Tilia aspera (1935)thumb|center|upright|Tilia aspera incertae sedis Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesCarpolithus pteraformisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation USAWashingtonFirst named as a seed of uncertain affinityMoved to Gordonia pteraformis later in 1929Moved to Cedrela pteraformis (1935)thumb|center|upright|Cedrela pteraformis Arthropods Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images CycloprosoponAugust 2022 Lorenthey & Beurlen Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPermotipulaWillmann R. 1989 Rediscovered: Permotipula patricia, the oldest known fly Naturwissenschaften 76 8 375–377 10.1007/BF00366210 1989NW.....76..375W Valid TillyardPermianChanghsingian - WuchiapingianNewcastle Coal MeasuresAustraliaNew South WalesA protodipteran scorpionfly Dinosaurs Barosaurus gastroliths documented.Janensch, W. (1929). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Anodontosaurus inceptusSternberg, C.H. 1929. A toothless armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 54: pp. 28-33. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Sternberg Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation Alberta An ankylosaurid 200px Antarctosaurus wichmannianusvon Huene F. 1929 Los saurisquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo Argentino Anales del Museo de la Plata 3 3 1–196 Spanish Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Huene Campanian Anacleto Formation Argentina A titanosaur 100px Antarctosaurus giganteus Sp. nov. Valid Huene Campanian Anacleto Formation Argentina A species of Antarctosaurus Campylodon ameghinoi Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Huene Cenomanian Bajo Barreal Formation Argentina A titanosaur preoccupied by Campylodon Dumeril, 1852 and moved to Campylodoniscus in 1961 Helopus zdanskyiWiman, C. 1929. Die Kreide-dinosaurier aus Shantung. Pal. Sin. C 1: pp. 1-67. Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Wiman Barremian-Aptian Mengyin Formation China A sauropod preoccupied by Helopus Wagler and moved to Euhelopus in 1956 150px Laplatasaurus araukanicus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Huene Campanian Allen Formation Argentina A titanosaur 200px Loricosaurus scutatus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium von Huene Campanian Allen Formation Argentina A titanosaur Paranthodon oweniiNopcsa, F. 1929. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenburgen. V. Geol. Hungarica Set. Paleontol. 4: pp. 1-76. Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Nopcsa Berriasian Kirkwood Formation South Africa A stegosaur now named Paranthodon africanus 200px Rhodanosaurus ludgunensis Gen et sp nov Nomen dubium Nopcsa Campanian Gres a Reptiles France A nodosaurid. Tanius sinensis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Wiman Campanian Jingangkou Formation China A hadrosauroid 200px Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEoarctopsGen et sp novjr synonymHaughtonPermianCapitanianSouth AfricaA gorgonopsid therapsid.The type species is E. vanderbyliA jr synonym of Eriphostoma microdonthumb|center|upright|Eriphostoma microdonHipposaurusGen et sp novValidHaughtonPermianCapitanianBeaufort GroupTapinocephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA biarmosuchian therapsid.The type species is H. boonstraithumb|center|upright|Hipposaurus boonstraiScullyaSp novnomen dubiumBroomA titanosuchid dinocephalianStyracocephalusGen et sp novValidHaughtonPermianCapitanianSouth AfricaA tapinocephalian therapsidthumb|center|upright|Styracocephalus Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images RangeaGürich G. Die ältesten Fossilien Südafrikas 1929 J. Springer Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Gürich Ediacaran Namibia A rangeomorph. The type species is R. schneiderhoehni 150px References Janensch, W. (1929). Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten. Palaeontographica (Suppl. 7) 2:135-144. Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180. Category:1920s in paleontology Paleontology 9